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———— "Nanaya's wretched survivor."
———— "Lowly trickster."
Amidst the bursting sparks, Fang Li and Roa crystallized their most genuine impressions of each other into short words that seemed to turn into sharp blades piercing each other's eardrums.
In the face of these penetrating verbal attacks, both Fang Li and Roa simply smiled.
One with a calm demeanor, the other with a killing intent that flared up.
The next moment, Fang Li and Roa both pulled out their weapons and stepped back simultaneously, as if they had come to an agreement.
However, when their feet touched the ground, they suddenly kicked off with force, propelling their figures forward.
"Qiāng----!"
The sharp dagger sliced through the air like a cold moon arc.
"Chī----!"
The ferocious knife sliced through space with the intensity of a beast's claw.
"Clang----!"
With a sound like a bell ringing, the deadly weapons collided against each other, sending sparks flying and illuminating the surroundings.
This was the signal for the fierce confrontation to begin.
Amidst a flurry of blade lights and shadows, countless blade lights erupted in space like a torrential storm, rushing towards each other.
Fang Li and Roa faced each other, their eyes locked, as their deadly weapons became a storm of slashes, moving at an astonishing speed, slicing through the air and colliding with each other.
"Clang Clang Clang Clang Clang----!"
In the relentless cacophony of collisions, sparks flared up like dust scattered in space, appearing with extreme frequency.
It was a true storm of blades.
Each blade light was a gust of wind.
Each collision stirred the air.
The storm of sword edges between Fang Li and Roa created a blindingly sharp blade light and shadow, as both of them slashed and berserk, sending a chilling blade light in all directions like invisible sickles.
"Pā!"
A stone fragment that fell into the blade light was instantly reduced to dust by countless slashes.
"Pu!"
The surrounding ground was sliced open like a wound by the crescent-shaped blade lights, causing cracks to appear directly.
The furious clash between Fang Li and Roa left the ground around them completely scarred in less than a second, with not a single intact spot.
The danger was far beyond what an outsider could perceive.
It was a deadly matter that only Fang Li and Roa truly understood.
"Chī----!"
Amidst the sharp sound of breaking space, the sharp dagger traced an intricate path through the countless blade lights, targeting the Dead Apostle's neck.
There, a line symbolizing the end represented a fatal weakness.
"Clang----!"
However, the sharp dagger was swiftly swatted away by the suddenly retracted fierce knife.
As if Roa had anticipated Fang Li's attack, he calmly parried the deadly blow with a smile on his face.
Shortly after, a flash of hostility crossed Roa's eyes, and his knife suddenly lunged forward, weaving through the blade lights and heading straight for Fang Li's chest.
There, a line resembling a crack, clearly marked in Roa's vision, indicated another fatal weakness.
"Rip..."
Amidst the intense clash of sharp blades, a small tearing sound quickly appeared and was soon overshadowed.
It was the sound of Fang Li's clothes being ripped open by the ferocious knife.
With perfect timing, Fang Li calmly dodged the incoming knife with a serene expression on his face.
The blade's edge brushed past Fang Li's skin, tearing his clothes and leaving some cloth on the ground.
However, in that instant, Fang Li's dagger struck out with a slash at godspeed.
And the speed was far beyond the previous tempestuous slashes.
"----!"
The sudden flash of godspeed nearly caught Roa off guard. By the time he reacted, he had quickly tilted his head back.
"Chii----!"
With a clean, cutting sound, the dagger flashed past Roa's neck.
The cool edge of the blade had already brushed against Roa's skin.
"Tch!" Roa clicked his tongue, stopping his attack and retreating with a quick movement.
At that moment, the blade lights and shadows in the room seemed to calm down, gradually fading away.
Silence began to envelop the construction site once again.
It was as if nothing had happened before, with all the noise quietly dissipating.
Only the numerous cracks on the ground testified that the violent winds of a fight that had actually occurred in this place.
After such an intense battle, the appearance of the combatants was completely different.
Fang Li lowered his eyes to look at his torn clothes.
Roa, on the other hand, touched his neck and felt some red liquid flowing down. When he noticed the slight sting, his expression turned grim.
But Roa quickly smiled again.
"Isn't this interesting?" Roa grinned like a snake. "Indeed, compared to Tohno Shiki, your execution is more refined. Truly worthy of a descendant of the Murdering Demon Clan?"
"Bringing you here before Tohno Shiki was definitely the right choice." Roa, trembling with joy, continued with a laugh. "Killing you would surely be quite a thrill, wouldn't it?"
Roa's joy contrasted sharply with Fang Li's indifferent expression.
"Do you think I've honed myself so many times to reach this point?"
Fang Li looked up at Roa, his ice-blue Mystic Eyes slightly glittering to hide his emotions, and said coolly.
"Unlike the great Dead Apostle, who, in order to gain power, first deceived the True Ancestor princess, then recklessly consumed human blood, even that of fellow Dead Apostles. You must have put a lot of effort into gaining your current power, right?"
After all, even though Roa was one of the oldest Dead Apostles and had become one by virtue of the strongest True Ancestor, with the highest level of power and potential, time had changed.
While the other Dead Apostles had accumulated their power over the ages, Roa's ability was varied due to the constant reincarnations and the differences between reincarnations, and he was weaker than the first generation of Dead Apostles.
Thus, Roa's power was several levels below that of the Dead Apostles, like Nrvnqsr.
Yet, Roa's recently displayed combat prowess was incredibly astonishing, possibly even rivaling the first generation.
In fact, it seemed to surpass it.
This could only mean one thing.
Nrvnqsr's power had been heavily drained by this guy.
"Too bad, in the end, it is still mediocre."
Fang Li raised his dagger and pointed it.
"I can't even be bothered to compare myself with someone like you."
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